Elgin High School (Illinois)
Elgin High School, in Elgin, Illinois, is one of the oldest public high schools in the state. Its first graduation ceremony was held in 1872. It is an orginal member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and its accreditation dates back to 1904.
Prominent alumni (with year of graduation) include:
- 1907 Helen Miller Malloch, founded the National Federation of Press Women
- 1918 Gail Dack, bacteriologist and authority on food poisoning
- 1921 Frank O'Beirne, admiral and member of Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1927 Paul Flory, Nobel Prize winning chemist
- 1935 William E. Rauschenberger, mayor of Elgin (1971-75)
- 1943 George Van De Voorde, mayor of Elgin (1987-95)
- 1946 Charles Swanson, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- 1962 Tom Shales, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1988)
- 1963 Brian Oldfield, Olympic shot putter
- 1964 Edward A. Schock, mayor of Elgin (1999-present)
- 1966 James Kirkland, Illinois State Representative (1983-1992)
- 1974 Steve Rauschenberger, Illinois State Senator, 33rd District
- 1983 Reb Braddock, film director